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Detectives said another eight, including two boys aged 15 and 17 and a 17-year-old girl, would appear in court accused of the same offence on Tuesday. Six more people have been charged in connection with a "brutal attack" on a 17-year-old asylum seeker in Croydon. The attack stopped only after police sirens could be heard and bystanders intervened. (more...)

Currently, Gibraltar is mostly self-governing, and its chief minister said living under Spanish rule would be "absolutely terrible". Gibraltar's leader scolded EU Council President Donald Tusk on Monday for giving Spain a right of veto over the future relationship between the British enclave and the EU. (more...)

This marks the second recent attack of a commercial vessel off the Somali coast since 2012, indicating that pirates have not been wholly deterred by anti-piracy measures. Investigations and rescue operations are now ongoing. Last month, pirates commandeered an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankans on board before releasing it without a ransom upon learning that it had been commissioned by Somali businessmen. (more...)

Third-year outfielder Stephen Piscotty is closing in on an extension with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals have a $15 million option for 2023 with a $1 million buyout, and the option price could escalate to $18 million. Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and a game-ending RBI single in the ninth, helping the St. Louis Cardinals top the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in a wild prime-time opener. (more...)

Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on Gaza, home to about two million people, following Hamas winning in the 2006 elections in the Strip. "We are not looking for adventures", Lieberman said during a visit to the Israeli city of Sderot near the Gaza border, according to his office. (more...)

The paper is balanced and is set from CBSE syllabus of Class XI & XII, however as expected numerous questions are conceptual with some needing analytical skills. Around 10.2 lakh students appeared for the test in the country but only 2.20 lakh students selected through JEE Main will qualify for JEE Advanced to be held on May 21. (more...)

The top official in Sansha City, which administers China's claims in the South China Sea , was quoted by the Hainan Daily newspaper as saying preparations were underway to build the station. On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) and China to complete the framework of a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. (more...)

During a random inspection here of an EVM connected with VVPAT (voter verified paper audit trail) showed that even when vote was cast for another party, it went to the BJP. On AAP's contention that some foreign countries had stopped using EVMs, the EC said such comparisons were both misplaced and misguided as those used by EC were stand-alone machines. (more...)

However communities downstream remain on alert as the torrent pushes southeast. The aftermath of Cyclone Debbie , which pounded Queensland state on Tuesday, smashing tourist resorts, bringing down power lines and shutting down coal mines, has become a huge rain depression. (more...)

A showdown over Gibraltar could be painful for the Spanish government at a time of economic stagnation, with areas near the Rock heavily dependent on the jobs it provides. "We've made it very clear in the last 100 years, in the last 20 years, in the last 15 years, we want a constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, where we continue to be part of the United Kingdom and independence is not something we aspire to", he added. (more...)

The talks will take place in two phases, the first covering withdrawal and the second covering a future relationship. But Malta's prime minister Joseph Muscat, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Friday that the two sides would only have to agree the methodology for calculating the bill, rather than the actual sum, during the first few months of talks. (more...)

Troops from U.S. Africa Command support the mission through information exchanges, partnership building exercises and precision strikes. The revision would give US ground forces the ability to call in airstrikes without higher-level approval, something the Pentagon has reportedly been asking for in order to realize its stated goal of stabilizing the nation, which has seen near-constant conflict for over 25 years. (more...)

She suffered a broken leg, rib and cuts to her head. Her husband, Kurt Cochran, was one of four people who died in the attack. Sponsored Content: Why Governance, Risk and Compliance is Everyone's Business - Download the Executive Brief Today. (more...)

While pregnant with North , she suffered from multiple issues which include preeclampsia and placenta accreta . "I want my kids to have siblings". We hope everything goes well for her! Speaking in an upcoming clip from the KUWTK episode, the mum-of-two admitted that she has a hole in her uterus that will require surgery before attempting to get pregnant again. (more...)

Kim and Kanye West already have three-year-old daughter, North , and one-year-old son, Saint . Kim Kardashian is desperate for a third child and she will go to any length to achieve her dream. Although she could have died in both cases, the reality TV star is determined to go forward with plans to have baby number three. In another clip from Sunday's episode, Kris expresses her concerns about Kim getting pregnant again . (more...)

He added that he had asked State Department staff under the Obama administration if Clinton or her staff had their security clearances removed, but they declined to tell him. During her speech, Clinton also cited a February letter from more than 120 retired generals and admirals urging Congress to block Trump's State Department and USAID cuts, saying they save the US from spending military dollars on wars. (more...)

Admittedly, there was one Russian state-owned media outlet, RT, that did indeed cover the demonstrations in Moscow , but RT is a foreign-language propaganda network, and its coverage isn't intended for domestic audiences. Navalny's report claims this was all purchased through "bribes from oligarchs, and state bank loans". On Tuesday, Russian officials dismissed the current US state department, which issued a statement urging Russia to allow peaceful protests. (more...)

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to the Kerala government, that the SC's December 15 judgement was confined to only retail liqour outlets. "In Goa, where highways are not wide enough, if the liquor vends are taken back 500 metres from the roads as per the apex court guidelines, it may act as a deterrent for drivers to get down and walk some distance to buy liquor", Kumar said. (more...)

However, United can also guarantee a place in next season's Champions League by winning the Europa League. The Red Devils have picked up 52 points from 27 matches so far this season, four fewer than Liverpool, who have played 29 games. Crystal Palace face a crucial home game against Burnley in their quest to survive under Sam Allardyce before Manchester United take on Paul Clement's rejuvenated Swansea City. (more...)

Catholic voices in the promotion of Christian-Jewish reconciliation. The experience offered him "many opportunities to work with people from other churches and to engage in a kind of informal dialogue with them, to see their goodness and their interest in things that were good", Keeler said . (more...)

The suspects - three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor - were also reportedly overheard praising the terror attack in London last week and discussing a desire to join jihadis in Syria. "It wasn't just theory and dogma". But police moved in at dawn on Thursday amid fears of a potential attack in the wake of the last week's murder of four people in London, reports said. (more...)

The Incirlik Air Base is located in southern Turkey close to Syria and is used by several North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries, including the US, UK, and Germany, which has stationed a force of some 240 servicemen. Since last year's abortive coup Turkish authorities have purged state institutions, schools, universities and media of tens of thousands of Gulen's suspected supporters, prompting concerns in the European Union about human rights abuses. (more...)

Moradabad: Days after the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi banned illegal slaughterhouses in the state, a Muslim family was denied permission to serve buffalo meat at his daughter's wedding in Moradabad district. The meat traders have been on a strike in protest against the police action, which allegedly didn't spare traders who were selling chicken and fish. (more...)

Four democrat senators introduced a bill of law to force president Donald Trump to publish the registers of visitors of the White Houjse and his winter residence at Mar-a-Lago, published todah portal The Hill . On Friday night, the wife of US President spotted at Mar-a-Lago resort, which Trump calls "the Southern White House ". ELIJAH CUMMINGS: Anybody can get a membership at the club for $200,000. (more...)

Akhilesh Yadav, was Chief Minister till his party's rout in the UP elections earlier this month. Will meet new MLAs today, Mulayam to meet them tomorrow. He said with the rise of the RSS, this organisation is implementing its agenda in the country which is posing a grave threat to the secular fabric of the country. (more...)

Royal Marine Alexander Blackman has been sentenced to seven years after killing a wounded Taliban soldier in Afghanistan. Sergeant Blackman from Taunton was jailed for life three years ago and originally sentenced to a minimum of ten years. (more...)

The primary objective of the Speaker's office is to ascertain the genuineness of the allegation-Sena has alleged that Air India has barred MP Ravindra Gaikwad from flying. In his complaint, Gaikwad, who allegedly manhandled Air India staffer, said he was made to travel by Air India on economy class even as he had business class ticket. (more...)

Atilla participated in a years-long scheme to violate American sanctions laws by helping Reza Zarrab , a major gold trader, use USA financial institutions to engage in prohibited financial transactions that illegally funneled millions of dollars to Iran. (more...)

In recent days, there has been some speculation that Kuala Lumpur had done a deal with Pyongyang to send the body to North Korea, in exchange for the return of nine Malaysians being prevented from leaving by Kim Jong-Un's regime. The text was "a product of the US hostile policy towards the DPRK (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) from A to Z", its envoy said after boycotting the debate. (more...)

The six died as they drove from the capital Juba to the town of Pibor , the United Nations said , through remote territory largely under government control but fought over by both sides in the conflict and plagued by militias and other armed groups. (more...)

The body of Kim Jong-nam is still in a Malaysian morgue, more than a six weeks after he was killed in a targeted attack at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it has emerged. It was reported on Sunday that Kim Jong-nam's body had been taken out of the mortuary for a "religious rite". The women - one Indonesian, one Vietnamese - have been charged with murder but say they were duped into thinking they were playing a harmless prank. (more...)

The officer and the suspect later "were involved in gunfire", Kidney said. However, on Monday morning, authorities announced that Terney succumbed to his injuries and died, according to a report in KFOR . He says that man is in intensive care for his gunshot wounds. The suspect was also shot multiple times . He's also the first officer fatally shot in Oklahoma, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund . (more...)

Some critics of President Trump and the news media argue that political commentators have set an unusually low bar for Trump. Trump was critical of President Barack Obama for playing golf 333 times during his eight years in office, tweeting about Obama's golf habit often and saying he wouldn't spend the same time on the course were he to win the presidency. (more...)